Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-04-23
HARvARO'S NEW DEPARTURE.
4 Course IN Physical Training Tor
Teachers To lie Given.

4 Course IN Physical Training Tor
Teachers To lie Given.
In addition so the summer course in
chemistry and botany which are offered
by Harvard college there will be gwen
this summer for the irSs time II any
college of the country = course n
physical training for teachers. writes
Boston correspondent of The AeC
Eor5 Times. The Importance OF
physical training Is well recognized to-
iay bv authorities Of every college.
There IS scare Is an inst tuition of learn
NJ II the Land which does not nave its
gymnasium and It's athletic field, but
-"ith all this there uas always been one
thing lacking. aud that was competent
instructors 10 iprevent the students or
pupils from injur.ug instead Ot bcEsiiing
themselves. Good athletes can easl L.
DC Obta ned. GUOd instructors can not.
for a good instructor must combine
The theory of phS steal training with its
practice. To supply .he demand for
competent instructors ~ physical train
nc. Harvard college VII this summer
open summer course n this depart
mcnt Of Instruction. This action marks
an importan; step in the rapid progress
If physical ira ng with the past
few years Il III adjunct TO every college
course. 1t shows the recognition for
. The ,irst me of the fact that. rs uni
Tcrsity should offer instructions in phy.
scal rs we'll Is intellectual development.
81. too. t should send out persons Is well
fitted 10 teach the science of phy ysicai
training rs 10 teach the science
Of mathematics or phys cs. or the
language of the Old Greeks and
Romans. The demand which tn
summer course : expected 10 sup
ply has been created largiv bv
DR.. SargcnLs system Of examinations
and exercises. This system, invented
and perfected by DIR. ID. \. Sargent,
professor of physical ira uing 1t Har-
ward aud director of the Hemanway
gymnasium. TO which the name Of the
Sargent system OF physical training
has been given. has been adopted very
generally by tile different colleges Cf
the country, aEiOng them being Har-
, ward. Boston, Cornell, Leh GiI, Johns
Hopkins. Amherst, BOwdoln. Haver-
ford. PENNSYLVANIA Wellesley, VHSar.
Smith. Byrn Mawr, SwartHmOrc, Tufts.
Ober.in. and MANY others. 1t has been
found difficult, however, TO o. tain
competent instructors ia the system 10
ill all these places. Though DR.. Sar-
gent has conducted winter course out
side Of the college the number of his
pupils has been small, aS the persons
who would naturally seek his InStruc-
tiOns are otherwI>', "n"a red dur ne the
college wear. \ summer course. how
ever W II enable Instructors and teach
ers ih other departments 10 prepare
theeWaeelBIAYfffh The WaeelBIAYffhai3nf Is III qiy RflrHfiGEs IL
we'll. The course " Il consist Ut ect-
ure5, eXlmnat .Ons, and exercises.
Much Importance is att iched to the
theory of the training. Consequently
the summer course is TO be preceded
and followed by prescribed course oi
read NJ intended to cover the whole
subject. both IN theory and practice.
In addition TO the facilities OF the
Hemauway gymnasium the students of
the summer course will be allowed the
free use of the college library, the mu-
scum of compArat W zoology, the va
riuus athletic field, and tennis courts,
and the Accommodations OF the boat
house on Charles river. Each person
will receive certificate. indicating the
time spent at the school, the work done.
and the nature of the service that each
teacher is capable OF rendering. Tne
regular course for the coming Summer
will begin July 8 and continue tive
weeks. The cost of instruction will b.
$50. DIR. Sargent will be at the head
of the school and will be ASS stel br
such instructors rs circumstances NAV
deman !. Mr.. L. II. Belts. DR.. Sargent s
assistant. VINO comes from Belts acade.
nv, Stamford. Conn. will have imme-
Late charge of the course. and all pre-
lin nary arrangements should be mad
through him by those des ring TO enter.
As the system has been adopted by 81
many female colleges, the course oi
instruction W II be open TO both sexes.
and it is expected that number OF the
gentler sex will ava themselves OF this
opportunity. In fact. it is the nearest
approach to a coeducational bas thai
Harvard has vet reached. II the cours,
proves successful il will be continue,
every summer regularly. just as tht
other summer courses, the success o.
which las Justified the experiment.